The patrons and their poor: Jewish community and public charity in early modern Germany

A pregnant mother, a teacher who had fallen ill, a thirty-year-old homeless thief, refugees from war-torn communities, orphans, widows, the mentally disabled and domestic servants. What this diverse group of individuals—mentioned in a wide range of manuscript and print sources in German, Hebrew, and...

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Main Author: Ḳaplan, Devorah (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ḳaplan, Devorah, The patrons and their poor] (2022) (Ṭeler, Adam, 1962 -)
Series/Journal:Jewish Culture and Contexts
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Jewish community / Charitable works / History 1450-1650
B Judaism / Welfare / Poor relief / Donations / History 1500-1800
B Hamburg-Altona / Wandsbek / Frankfurt am Main / Worms / Jewish community / Charitable works / History 1450-1650
Further subjects:B Jewish community
B Donations
B Judaism
B Religion / Judaism / History
B Social history studies
B Charitable works
B Poor relief
B Germany
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